Research Guides: Journalism: Journalism Home

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Using This Guide

This guide is intended for MCLA students who are conducting journalism research.

Use the blue tabs on the left to navigate through the different research areas and topics available in this guide. When you click on a tab, you will notice that the different sections of the page will appear. You can either click on these to jump to a specific part of the page, or simply scroll down to look at all of the available resources.

For related resources, take a look at our Mass Media and Commmunication Research Guide.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch with me.

Photo by Daniel R. Blume from Orange County, California, USA (A stack of newspapers) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Search Everything

Some suggested keywords for searching for information on Journalism are listed below.

These links bring you to the library's discovery portal, which searches books, ebooks, articles, journals, and more. To narrow down your search, use the tools on the left-hand side of your results screen.

Or Create Your Own Search

Communications Databases

Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) Best Bet
Full text for journal articles on television, journalism, film, communications and related fields.
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. It covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
Communications and Mass Media (Gale OneFile)
From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information in full-text from journals focused on all aspects of the communications field.
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature using the familiar Google interface. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. If you are off-campus, use these instructions to set it up for full access to library resources.
Pop Culture Studies (Gale OneFile)
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture
Social Sciences Full Text
This source indexes a wide variety of sources related to the social sciences including sociology, family studies, public administration, social work, etc.
SocINDEX with Full Text
This database has full-text articles that cover all aspects of sociology and closely related areas of study.

News and Mass Media Databases

Newspaper Source Plus Best Bet
Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 860 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains more than 857,000 full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for regional (U.S.) newspapers.
America's News
Explore local newspapers through this database, including the Berkshire Eagle, the North Adams Transcript, The Springfield Advocate, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, and more.
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. It covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
EBSCO News
Searches both Regional Business News and Newspaper Source Plus
New York Times
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Full text from the New York Times from 1985 to the present.
To access the NYT digital edition, see these instructions.
Regional Business News
Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is another resource for finding research articles. Look on the right hand side of the screen for the "Check MCLA Full-Text" links that will bring you to the article in one of our databases. You can also look for the free PDFs listed on the right hand side. If you are off-campus, use these instructions to set it up for full access to library resources.

Google Scholar

Selected Websites

Columbia Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism Review strives to encourage journalism excellence in free societies across the globe. Readers can enjoy a mix of reporting, analysis, and commentary six times per year in the magazine, and daily online.
PBS: Media Shift
MediaShift explains how traditional media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, music and movies are changing with digital disruption and adapting their business models for a more mobile, networked world.
National Freedom of Information Coalition
NFOIC is a nonpartisan alliance of citizen-driven nonprofit freedom of information organizations, academic and First Amendment centers, journalistic societies and attorneys. The site provides information on how to access public records, public meetings, and state agencies.
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting. Founded in 1975, IRE provides members access to thousands of reporting tip sheets and other materials through its resource center and hosts conferences and specialized training throughout the country.
FactCheck.org
FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics by monitoring the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.
Nieman Reports
Harvard University's Nieman Reports explores what it means to be a journalist by examining major shifts in the industry, and sharing articles about the rights and responsibilities of news organizations.
Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting
Founded in 1977, The Center for Investigative Reporting a nonprofit news organization that conducts investigative journalism and is well known for producing stories that reveal scandals or corruption in government agencies and corporations.

Evaluating Websites

Evaluating Websites: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask

Journalism Associations

International Federation of Journalists
IFJ, is a global union federation of journalists' trade unions that aims to protect and strengthen the rights and freedoms of journalists.
American Society for Journalists and Authors
Founded in 1948, the American Society of Journalists and Authors is the nation's professional organization of independent nonfiction writers.
Newspaper Association of America
NAA is a nonprofit organization representing nearly 2,000 newspapers and their multiplatform businesses in the United States and Canada.
Online News Association
The Online News Association is a nonprofit membership organization for digital journalists, connecting journalism, technology and innovation.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is a nonprofit, educational association of journalism and mass communication educators, students and media professionals.